The first AV2 1.0.0 encoder is here, promising 30% better efficiency than AV1
… AOMedia has quietly published the first 1.0.0 release of its AV2 encoder, spotted by users on the AV1 subreddit and picked up by Videocardz . There was no official announcement, and AOMedia's public AV2 specification page still lists the standard as a draft. …